5. of insect metamorphosis: characterized by the occurrence of a pupal stage between the motile immature stages and the adult--compare incomplete 1b

6. of a metric space: having the property that every Cauchy sequence of elements converges to a limit in the space syn see full -- complete.ly adv -- com.plete.ness n -- com.ple.tive adj -- complete with : made complete by the inclusion of "a birthday cake complete with candles"

[2]complete vt com.plet.ed ; com.plet.ing (15c) 1: to bring to an end and esp. into a perfected state "~ a painting"

2. a: to make whole or perfect "its song ~s the charm of this bird" b: to mark the end of "a rousing chorus ~s the show" c: execute, fulfill "~ a contract"